Record-making machine.



A. SMITH.

RECORD MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1911. v 1,050,496. Patented Jan.14, 1913.

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RECORD MAKING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB. 2, 1911. I 1,050,496. Patented Jan. 14, 19.13.

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RECORD MAKING MACHINE.

APILIOATIOK FILED FEB. 2, 1911. "Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

ABRAHAM SMITH, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RECORDMAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1 1913.

Application filed February 2, 1911. Serial No. 606,191.

5 Pennsylvania, have invented certain new the arm, B, is placed avertical rock-shift,

.making machine.

ings, and to the letters of reference marked" thereon, forming part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to record-making machines whereby a record elementadapted to control theoperation of type-setting and distributingmachines may be made, and the object of my present invention is toconstruct a machine whereby and wherewith the particular form of recordelement shown and described in my application for Letters Patent filedin the United States Patent Office November 21,1910, Serial No. 593,471(the same being considered in Room 303), may be arranged as desired.

The features of this invention are hereinafter set forth and explainedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a plan view of my record- Fig. 2, is a front view inelevation of the same, with portions thereof broken away. Fig. 3, is avertical section of the same on the line ww in Fig. l with portionsthereof broken away. Fig. 4, is a rear view of that portion of myinvention adapted to contain the record element desired to be arranged,looking at the same in the direction of the arrow, w,'in Fig. 1. Fig. 5,is a detail of the escapement mechanism. Fig. 6, is a sectional fragmentillustrating a feature of my invention.

In these drawings illustrating my invention, A, is the base thereof.Uponthe rear portion of this base, A, I place a vertical arm, B. Inbearings B, B and B upon C. Upon the upper and lower portions of thisrock-shaft C, I place radial arms, C, C and C C and from the upper tothe lower 1 said airnh C C an 0 G I place ver tical slideways, D D,between which I pl a vertically slidable sash, D, provided wi hratchet-bars, D D the vertical side bar's of this sash, D, beingconnected by means-of curved cross-bars, 1%, cl, so that said sash, D,

and ratchet bars, D D will move vertically, in the slide-ways D, D, ashereinafter described.

Within the vertically slidable sash, D, in suitable vertical ways, d, inthe side bars thereof, I place a record element, Ee similar to thatshown and described in m application for patentabove mentioned, the rearor slotted plate, E, of which is supported and carried by the saidvertically slidable sash, D, the lower end. of said slotted plate, E,resting upon ledges, d (see Fig. while the lower end of the front orcorrugated plate e of said record element, Ill-6 rests upon the curvedbottom plate, C extending between the ends of the lower radial arms, C Cthe said members, Ee of said record element being adapted to,

slide upon each other as illustrated and do scribed in my saidapplication for patent filed November 21, 1910.

Through the base, A, of the machine, at one side of the lower radialarms, C C", I place a vertically movable slide, F, suitably supportedagainst lateral movement, the upper end of said slide being providedwith an inclined face, 7, adjacent to one of said radial arms, C andagainst which inclined face, A, said radial arm contacts. I also provi ea spring F which is secured upon the base so that the free end thereofwill engage the other lower radial arm, G with suiiicientyieldingpressure to keep the opposite lower radial arm, C against the in clinedface, 7, on said vertically movable slide, F. For operating said slide,F, I rovide a key-bar F, under the base, A, o the machine, one endthereof being pivoted to the base, A, the intermediate portion-thereofbeing pivoted to said slide,.'F, and the free end of said key-bag b'eing provided with a key-stem, F (see Fig. 2) which extends upward throughsaid base, A, and terminates in a finger key-plate, F allfor the purposehereinafter set forth.

The record element, Ee above menslidable tops, c, which, when saidelement isinser in the vertical ways, at, d, in the sash, D, or thismachine, are to be manually moved over to the right hand side Oil therear 0 slotted plate ll, of said elementso that they will occupy avertical line parallel with the right hand edge of said slot ted plate,ll], This, however, cannot be done until the record element, Ec has beeninserted in place the vertical ways, d d", and the sash, D, and ratchetbars, I), carrying said element, Ill-0 have been raised to theiruppermost position in their vertical ways D, l), so-that the front orcorrugated plate a can he moved downward in its retaining grooves, 6 inthe edges of the plate, lll, tuitil its lower end rests upon the curvedplate, C, eutending between the ends of the lower radial. arms, C andthe upper end of aid corrugated plate, a is just bhlow the lowest ofsaid stops, 6, so that the corrugations on the rear side oi said plate,6 are out of engagement with the ends of said stops, 6, thereby leavingthem free to be moved transversely in the slots in the plate E.

l itermediate portions of the verti- "T, D, are rearwardly projecting lto which are pivoted doubleactir ratchet dogs, I), provided with teethengagz nu" points, Z and (Z Said dogs, D are also provided with shortlever plojections, (Z by means of which said dogs, D may be oper ted. itwill. be obvious from the drativin, that wnen the point, CF, isdisengaged from a tooth on. the ratchet bar, D the lower point, (Z willengage a tooth thereon, permitting said ratchet bar to move downwardonly a small fraction or" the distance between the teeth thereon, andwhen the upper point, (5", is moved back toward the ratchet bar, it Willenter the notch below the next succeeding tooth to the one previouslyengaed thereby, and will engage the next tooth when the said ratchet baris released by the receding ot' the lower point, (Z, on the dogs, I

l pen the base, lit, ot the machine, l mount a series of key G, by meansof the curved pivotsupport, ,7, each of said key-levers c tindingradially outward thcrctrmn through slots in the segmental fulcrum plate,G", secured to the base, it, under said hey levers, G. On the outer endsof the key levers, G, are the usual finger plates each bearing adesignation of the characters which each key lever represents, andextending downwardly trom the tree end ott'each key lever Gr, there is acurved rod ,7, which oizten ds slightly through openinns in the base, A,where they are provided with nuts g adapted to limit the upward movunent out said hey levers, and upon these curved, rods, g, I placespiral springs, 9 ada'" ted to maintain the lev "r in a normally raised.position, sit. ,vn in notc es in the upper edge ott tul crum plate, G",in the slots therein, above the hey levers, G, l pivot short levers,l-l, intermediate of their length, one end thereo bcin secured to thekey-levers, G, by means of the linleloops, lrl, or by any other meanswhereby one end of said levers, lll, may be made to move in unison withthe hey-levers, Gr.

Above the free ends of the lovers, I place a segmental supporting bar,d, the eutremities of which rest and are secured upon upright arms, J Jsecured upon the base, A, at each side or the key-levers, Upon thissupporting bar, J, by means of a flanged plate, d, l mount a series ofweighted, bellcrank levers, K, so that when the upwardly projectingshort arm, is, thereof is turned inward, the extremity thereof will justclear the slotted plate, E, of the record element when the same isplaced in position, the said bell-crank levers, lei, being pivotedadjacent to the upper edge of the corrugated plate, c of said recordelement. Extending upward from the free ends of the levers, H, throughsmall openings in the flanged plate, a), are small rods, L, one fromeach oi said levers, ll, to each oi said bell-crank levers, lQsaid rods,1L, beiiig adapted, when a ltey-lever, G, is d. iressed and the free endof the lever, ll, thereby raised to push upward under one arm of thebell-cranlr lever, K, and turn said lever so that the upwardly extendingshort arm, 70, thereof will be turned inward, as shown by broken linesin Fig. 3, at which. time the long", downwardly projecting weight arm,7:, will be raised to a horizontal line, and the upper ends of the rods,L, being provided with a short, right angular projection, Z, (see Fig.2) permits the lower arms of said bell-crank levers to pass said rods,L, and the laterally projecting upper end, Z,-oi said rod, l4, willslide along up the side of the then upwardly projecting arm, 7%, whilethe key-lever, G, is being depressed to its lowermost point.

llpon the rock-shaft, C, and supported by the bearing, B 1 place apinion gear, M, to which is secured. a hinged arm, N, of solidcientlength to reach to a point adjacent to the inner, or concave side of theslotted plate, E, of the record member when the same is in position inthe machine, and is adapted, when the pinion, M, is rotated on theroclcsha'lt, O, to push one of the stops, 6, mounted in a slot in saidplate, 1*], transversely across said plate until the outwardlyextending" end of said stop, 6, contacts wit the inwardly turned arm71:, of one of: the bell-crank levers. K. In order to permit the arm, N,to yield slightly when the stop, 6, contacts with. one of thebell-cranlr levers, K, I n'ovide said arm, N, with a stop-hinge, N, andon the back side of said hinge, h, I arrange a spring mechanism, Nadapted to resent the small letters only will engage theretain saidhinge joint in a normally open position, the tension of said springmechanism being suflicient to slide one of the stops, 6, forward in itsslot in the plate, E.

For operating the pinion, M, I mount a shaft, 0, upon the base A, insuitable bearings, 0, and upon said shaft, 0, I place an upwardlyextending lever arm, 0, upon the upper end of which there is a shortrackbar, the teeth, 0, on which intermesh with the gear teeth on thepinion, M, and extending from the ends of said shaft, O, there is aU-shaped lever, P, around under the key levers, G, in front of thefulcrum plate, G, the said U-shaped lever, P, being higher attheleft-hand side than at the right-hand side of "the machine, because ofthe fact that the key-levers, G, at the right of the machine are notrequired to move the arm, N, as far as do the key-levers on the left ofthe machine. To retain the rack, 0 in mesh with the pinion, M, I mount asmall supportingroller, 0 behind said rack, upon a suitable supportingbracket, 0

For the purpose of operating the escapement mechanism hereinbeforedescribed, I mount a shaft, Q, upon the base, A, in suitable bearings,q, and upon the base, A, I also secure bifurcated fulcrum arms, Q andupon the shaft, Q, I secure short arms, It, which pass through saidbifurcated fulcrum arms, Q In the upper ends of the fulcrum arms, Q Ipivot one end of a lever, S, and from the intermediate portion of eachof said levers, S, a link, S extends to and is pivoted to the end ofeach lever, B. And from the free end of each of the levers, S,

a rod,-T, extends upward and is secured to the arm, (Z on the dogs,D,'of the escapement mechanism hereinbefore described. From the ends ofthe shaft, Q, a U-shaped lever Q extends around under the key levers, G,behind the fulcrum plate, G, and at a sufiicient average elevation topermit of suflicient *movement of the arm N, before the escapementmechanism is operated. In the form of my invention illustrated by thedrawings in this case, each of the key levers, G, and its correspondingbell-crank lever K, represents two characters, (letters, figures orother marks) and for each key lever, G and its corresponding bell-cranklever, K, there are two corrugations, ribs, or projectionson the plate,6 of the record element, of which corrugations, each one represent-salternately a small letter and its relative large letter, as in theordinary single key-board double case type writer. In this presentmachme the key-board is normally lower-case, or for small letters, therecord -holder, separately illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings) beingheld in its farthest laterally normal position by the spring, F, inwhich position the corrugations of the plate, a which repstops, e, asthe slotted plate, E, moves downward during the operation of themachine.

When, however, a capital letter is wanted, the shift key, F is presseddownward, which operates through the key-lever, F, to draw the slide, F,downward, which causes the inclined surface, f, thereon to push therecord holder (illustrated in Fig. 4:) over against the spring, F,sufliciently to permit the corrugation on the plate,'e representing uponthe curved plate, C Now the first letterin the line to be set up isselected among the several key-levers, and if it is to be a capitalletter the shift key, F is first depressed which. causes the recordholder and the record element, Ee contained therein to be moved towardthe right of the machine a distance equal to the width of onecorrugation, and then while the shift key, F is held down, thekey-leverv representing the first letter to be set up is depressed,which action of the key-lever, G,

causes the lever, H, to turn over the correspondingbell-crank lever, K,so that its short, upwardly projecting arm,k,.will be turned inwardtoward the slotted plate, E, of the record element, when the furtherdepressing of the key-lever, Gr, depresses the U-shaped lever, P, whichcauses the lever, O, and rack, 0 to actuate the pinion and arm, M and N,so that the arm, N, will push a stop,

6, along in its slot in the plate, E, until said stop contacts with thearm, 70, of the bellcrank lever, K. The key lever, G, on furtherdepression then contacts with the U-shaped lever, Q and thereby operatesthe dogs, I), so that the point, (i thereof engages the ratchet teeth onthe ratchet bars,-D which operation permits of a slightly downwardmovement of the record carrying sash, D, which movement is of sufiicientextent to permit the slotted plate, E, to move downward far enough thatthestop, e,

a when the releasing of the key lever, G, first returns the arm, N,again to its starting point, at which time the further upward traverseof the key lever, G, permits the U-shaped lever, CF, to rise, whichcauses the point, d of the dogs, (i to move toward the ratchet bars, Dto engage the same when released by the lower point, 03 thereon,

may be engaged by the upper end of the corrugations on the plate,

which actionof the escapement mechanism 4, into,

permits the sash, D, and the record element, l l c, carried. thereby tomove downward one notch, which, however only takes place after the arm,N, has returned to its starting point. The downward movement of the saidsash and record element carries with it the nextsucceeding stop, 6, intoposition in front of the extremity of the arm, bl, so that the nextmovement of said arm will move it in its slot. Meanwhile the com plctedupward. movement oi. thelcey lever, (t, has caused the rod, L, throughthe lever, H, to return to its normally downward position, which permitsthe bell-crank lever, K, to reassume its normal. posit ion as shown byfull lines in Fig. 3. This operation is repeated until the sash, D, andthe record elementcarried thereby has moved downward in its ways to thebottom thereof, at which time the plate, 6, will have been movedentirely into its groove 'c in the ends, E, of slotted plate. l), andthe record element, Ee can he thence removed without danger of any of vthe stops, (3, therein becoming dislocated 'from the positions thereofat which they have been placed by the hereinbetore descril d operationof this machine.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention so as to enableothers to construct and operate the same, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. The combination in a device of the character described, of arecord-carrier, escapement mechanism adapted to control the movementthereof, a transversely slotted record-element having record-stopsslidably mounted in .its slots removahly secured in sa'il record-carrierand having a longitudinally slidable,gronved plate adapted to engagesaid. record-stops as it moves into said slol ted record element, bellcrank lever lDQClltlll'lSlIr adapted to be operated to limitthennr-vement of said i.'ecordstops in the slots in said record-element, anarm adapted to engage one of said record-stops and move the same forwardin its slot, and key-lever mechanism adapted to move said arm until saidrecord-stop engages said bell-crank-lever mechanism and to operate saidescapenient mechanism substantially as set forth.

The combination in'a device of the character described, of arecord-carrier havinn rumvays therein to receive the edges of arecord-element, ratchet teeth on. the edges of said record-carrier,escapement dogs adapted to engage said ratchet teeth and control themovement of said record-carrier, a transversely slotted record-elementhaving record-stops slidably mounted in its slots removably secured insaid record-carrier and having a longitudinally slidable grooved plateadapted to engage said recordstops as it i moved into saidrecord-element, bellcranlr-lever mechanism adapted to be openated tolimit the movement of said recordstops in the slots in saidrecord-element, an arm adapted to engage one of said record stops andmove the same in its slot, and keylever mechanism adapted to actuatesaid arm and said escapement dogs, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination in a device of the character described, a recordcarrier having runways therein, a transversely slotted record elementinsaid runways in said record carrier, transversely slidable stops in theslots therein, escapement mechanism adapt ed to control the movement ofsaid record carrier, an arm adapted to move said. stops in the slots insaid record element, bellcranlclever-mechanism adapted to limit themovement of said stops; key lever mechanism adapted to cause said arm tomove a predetermined distance and to operate said escapement mechanismand a corrugated plate adapted to be moved longitudinally into groovesin said record-elemenb to engage and retain said stops after they arepositioned in their slots, substantially as set forth.

4t. The. combination in a device of the character described, a recordcarrier having runways tl1erein.a transversely slotted record elementhaving longitudinal grooves in the edges tl'ierco'l mounted in saidrunways, transversely slidable stop-blocks in the slots therein, alongitudinally corrugated plate longitudinally slidable in grooves inthe edges of said slot-ted record element, escapement mechanism adaptedto control the movement of said record carrier, an arm adapted to movesaid stop blocks in the slots in said record element, bell-crank-levermechanism adapted to limit the movement of said stops, key levermechanism adapted to move said arm a predetermined distance and tooperate said escapemcnt mechanism .to lower said. record carrier andslotted reeord elen'lent sutliciently that the stop-block: just moved bysaid arm may be engaged and retained in position by said corrugatedplate, substantially as set forth.

5. In an apparatus of the character described the combination of, arecord carrier, cscapement mechanism to control the movement of saidrecord. carrier, a transversely slotted record plate having longitudinalgrooves in the edges thereof mounted in said carrier, a corrugated platelongitudinally slidable in grooves in the edges of said slotted recordplate, stop-blocks slidably mounted in the slots in said record plate,bell-crank lever mechanism adapted to be operated to limit the movementof said stop-blocks in the slots in said record plate, an arm adapted tosuecessively engage each of said stop-blocks in said slotted plate untilthe same contacts with said bell-crank lever mechanism, and key levermechanism, adapted to sucoessively operate said bell-cranklevermechanism, said arm, and said escapement mechanism, substantially as setforth.

6. In an apparatus of the character described the combination of, alaterally movable record carrier holder, a record-carrier therein, leverand spring mechanism adapted to control the lateral movement of saidcarrier holder, a transversely slotted recordelement having record stopsslidably mounted in its slots secured in said record-carrier and havinga'longitudinally slidable grooved plate adapted to be moved into saidrecordelement to engage the record-stops as it is its moved into saidrecord-element, bell-cranklever mechanism adapted to be operated tolimit the movement of said record=stops in the slots in said recordelement, escapement mechanism adapted tocontrol the movement of saidrecord carrier in said carrier holder, an arm adapted to oscillatebetween the side ..bars of said record carrier, and key lever mechanismadapted to cause said arm to oscillate and to operate said escapementmechanism, substantially as set forth.

- 7. The combination "in a device of thecharacter described, a recordcarrier, escapement' mechanism adapted to control the movement thereof,bell-crank ,lever mechanism in front of said record carrier, an armnnounted inthe rear of said record carrier adapted to oscillatebetweenthe side bars of said record carrier, a transversely slottedrecord-element having longitudinal grooves in the edges thereof,record-stops slidably 'mounte'd in its slots, adapted to be movedtherein by said oscillating arm removably secured in said recordcarrier, a longitudijiratlly grooved plate slidably mounted in 40 'saigrooves in the edges of said record-element adapted to consecutivelyengage the record-stops at each operation of said escapement mechanism,and key lever mechanism adapted to operate said bellcrank levermechanism, said arm, and said 1 escapement mechanism, substantially asset forth.

8. The combination in an apparatus of the character described, a recordcarrier adapted to receive and retain a record element, a

transversely slotted record-element having longitudinal grooves in theedges thereof, record-stops slidably mounted in said slots removablysecured in said record-carrier, a longitudinally grooved locking-plateslidably mounted in said grooves in the edges of l said slottedrecord-element adapted to consecutively engage said record-stops at eachoperation. of the machine, ratchet teeth on said record carrier,escapement dogs adapted to "engage said ratchet teeth and control themovement of said record carrier, bellcrank lever mechanism in front ofsaid record carrier, an arm mounted in the rear of said record carrieradapted to oscillate be- 6 tween the sides of said record caiggier, and

stopping mechanism mounted in'front of key lever mechanismadapted tosuccessiyely operate said bell-crank lever mechanlsm,

- said arm, and said escapement mechanism,

adapted to operate said block-stopping mechanism -to limit the movementof said stop-blocks in the slots in said record element, said arm tomove said stop-blocks, and said escapement' mechanism, substantially asset forth.

10. The combination in a device of the character described, a recordcarrier having runways therein, a transversely slotted record elemeht insaid runways, transversely slidable stop-blocks in the slots therein, a'stop-block locking plate adapted to be moved into engagement With \saidstop blocks, stop-block stopping mechanism adapted to be operated tolimit the .movement of said stop-blocks, escapement mechanism adapted tocontrol the movement of said record carrier, an arm adapted to move saidstop-blocks in the slots in said record element, and'key lever'mechanism adapted to actuate said block-stopping mechanism, said armand said escapement mechanism, substantially as set.forth.

11. In an apparatus of the character de scribed the combination of, arecord carrier,

escapement mechanism to control the movementrthereof, a transverselyslotted record element mounted in said carrier, having longitudinalgrooves in the edges thereof, acorrugated pdate longitudinally slidablein grooves in tl e edges of said slotted record plate, stop-bl cksslidably mounted in the, slots {in said record plate, block-stoppingmechanism adapted to limit the movement of said stop-blocks in the slotsin said recordplate, an arm\adaptedto successively engage and move eachof said stop-blocks in said slotted plate} 'and key lever mechanismadapted to actuate said block-stopping mechanism, said arm, and saidescapement mechanism, substantiallyas set forth.

12. In an apparatus of the character described the combination of, alaterally movable record carrier holder, a record carrier mountedtherem, record-stops transversely slidable in said IGCOI'dfiflIllGl; alocking plate adapted to be moved'intosaid record- 13h opermion 01 Themechanism, plng TllflChfll'liSii 1 adapted to (my labeml mnivelnent ofsaid wecmii 213 'stnp meshanism mmmted s, @scsbpamenb mechanism a 00mmthe movement of said 1 CENTRE in said. holder, MI arm adaptosctl'iiaiebetween the sides of said rem rim and key laver mechmiiismadaptecuitive'ly engaga saifi recorder? &0 operate said-stop mechanism,said mm, and said escapement mechamsm, substaiw tialiy sat fcrrth.

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